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Name: ____________________________________ Date:__________________________________ Crim 113 Midterm Exam (Lyman) This is the Crim 113-Criminal Investigations Final Exam. This exam contains ten questions which you are required to answer all 10. Each of the questions stem from chapters one through nine in the textbook and the PowerPoints. This is a non-timed exam, responses must be completed on a Word document and submitted as a document. Before beginning, please carefully read the directions for completing the midterm. Directions: The midterm exam submission must include a cover page, including the title Crim 113 Final Exam, your name, the class name, and date. No other information should be on the cover. You will answer all 10 questions. Include the question number and question before each response. For EACH response, you must write a minimum of six sentences and a MAXIMUM of one page in length. You must include a REFERENCE PAGE, and each response must include a citation in the response and one reference for the citation. Proper grammar, sentence structure, punctuation and spelling is expected, and will be part of your grade. The total points for this exam is 100 points. Each question is worth 9 points (for a total of 90), and 10 points will cover the cover sheet, reference page, and grammar. Remember, this is a non-timed exam, but must be submitted by the date and time indicated in Module Eight. No late submissions will be accepted. Crim 113 Questions: 1. People have been interested in crime and criminal behavior as a curiosity for many years. Movies, novels, Television and Cable shows, plays-even comic books, depict individuals committing criminal acts for many reasons. Yet we know that the Investigative process is far from how it is represented in these various forms. Discuss the Investigative process from both the reality and from the “romance” aspect of the crime: a. Identify the ways criminal investigations has been portrayed in a nonreal form that attempts to represent real world investigations. b. Explain how the portrayal of the criminal investigator is similar to the real world (give three examples). c. Identify how the portrayal of the criminal investigator is different from the real world (give three examples). d. Discuss if this representation has served to benefit or hurt the investigative process used in the real world of police work, in your opinion, and WHY. 2. What are the five goals to be completed during a preliminary Investigation (per the text)? Explain each of these goals with three actions that are completed for each goal. What is Locard’s Principle? Give one example of how it may affect a criminal investigation? 3. Discuss the use of Field Notes in an Investigation: a. When does it begin? b. Name ten pieces of information that should be collected: c. What is the advantage of taking good field notes? d. What should an officer do with their notes once completed? 4. Identify and explain ways to record any crime scene: a. Name the four methods used to record the scene; b. Explain both the advantage and disadvantage of each type of recording; c. Explain which is the BEST method to use and WHY. 5. Discuss the use of fingerprints as a tool for identification: a. Why is the fingerprint used as a successful piece of evidence to identify a person? b. What are the three types of fingerprints that can be left at a scene? c. What is a fingerprint? d. What are the three primary types of fingerprint characteristics? e. What is a secondary type of fingerprint, give an example, and how are these used in identification of a person? 6. Discuss the issue of Witness Misidentification as an Investigative Process: a. What is it? b. Why does witness misidentification occur? Name three given in the text: c. What can be done to limit or avoid witness misidentification? Give three ways to reduce witness misidentification: 7. Explain the process of Searches: a. What is a search? b. What is required before a search can be valid (legal in court)? c. When is a search warrant required? d. When can an officer search without a warrant (give three examples)? 8. What is an arrest? When can an officer arrest? What does an arrest look like (per the text)? 9. Discuss the use of surveillance in a criminal investigation: a. What is surveillance? b. Discuss six advantages from the text identifying the use of surveillance in an investigation: c. Name the two forms of surveillances, and name the four principle types that can be performed for each: d. Name one advantage, and one disadvantage, of each type of surveillance, and give one example for when EACH of the two forms of surveillance can be used: 10. Discuss Undercover Police work: a. What is undercover work? b. What are some hazards in attempting undercover work? Name five c. What does an undercover agent need to do to be successful? Name five things. d. Is undercover work a necessary part of police work? Discuss. END of CRIM 113 MIDTERM EXAM
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Crim 133- Criminal Investigations Outline
Student’s Name
Institutional Affiliation
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Crim 133- Criminal Investigations Outline
❖ Question one
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❖ Question Three
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❖ Question Five
❖ Question Six
❖ Question Seven
❖ Question Eight
❖ Question Nine
❖ Question Ten
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Crim 133- Criminal Investigations
Student’s Name
Institutional Affiliation
Course Number and Name
Instructor’s Name
Due Date

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Crim 133- Criminal Investigations
Question one
The non-real form of criminal investigation, in this case, involves the T.V shows such as
CSI that attempt to relate to the real world of a criminal investigation. In essence, the portrayal is
through investigations, the emergence of crime scenes, criminals being investigated, and suspects
being in custody. In this regard, the criminal investigator is similar to the real because both
involve the police force, who has the role of figuring and fighting crimes while arresting
criminals (Weitzer & Kubrin, 2004). Notably, the similarity also stems out when suspects get
interrogated or places in custody for further interrogation. On the other hand, the criminal
investigator in T.V shows such as CSI is different from the real world in that the misconception
in T.V shows the amount of time it takes to uncover the crime. Unlike in the real world, T.V
shows uncover a crime in hours, yet it takes months in the real world hence the difference.
Another difference is how easy investigators are making blood appear while collecting
evidence in the vicinity of the crime scene. However, in reality, the process is not that simple,
and there is a lot involved during crime evidence collection. Therefore, the representation neither
has nor benefited the investigation process used in the real world because, in reality, crime T.V
shows do not relate to real-life law enforcement. The reason being, most of the police work on
T.V shows is mythical and misconceived, making the police work look complicated while, in the
real world, it is different.
Question Two
The five goals to be completed during a preliminary investigation incorporate recording
the location, date, and time of the crime incident, establishing the scene’s dimensions, securing
the scene, conducting an assessment, and then going into the scene (Bjelland & Dahl, 2017). The

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first goal being recording the location, date, and time of the incident completes effective
communication between the investigator and the witnesses around. Establishing the dimension of
the scene completes the narrative of the whole crime scene vicinity. In essence, it establishes
where the scene started and ended. Securing the scene is whereby the investigator places the
yellow tapes to indicate that the area is a crime scene and o...


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